#songs

I've been writing joke songs since I was a kid and it served me well at S.N.L. I can write those in my sleep. In fact, I have. ↗

— Maya Rudolph

#fact #i #i can #in fact #joke

I don't play an instrument - I just write in my head, and I usually hear fully formed songs. 'We Are Young' turned out so much like it was in my head. But it also exceeded all my expectations. ↗

— Nate Ruess

#exceeded #expectations #formed #fully #head

I worry that if I enjoy something - like the songs on 'Some Nights' are about wondering about who you are. I'm never quite sure and I'd hate to feel sort of content and get a good sense of who I am because if I know one thing, that's not me. I don't mind not necessarily being happy about it. And that's fine. ↗

— Nate Ruess

#am #because #being #being happy #content

If you look at a lot of the songs I've been involved in, there's always been this retro vibe. I started getting worried that I wasn't moving forward very much, nor was I even in tune with the music today. I almost scoffed at it. ↗

— Nate Ruess

#always #been #even #forward #getting

It's the coolest part about writing music. I don't know how other people work, but so much is derived from some amalgamation of all these different songs that I love. That's why they jump all over the place. ↗

— Nate Ruess

#coolest #derived #different #how #i

The Queen and Electric Light Orchestra harmonies are so distinct and fit in our songs so well sometimes, but we don't know how to do them properly. ↗

— Nate Ruess

#electric #electric light #fit #harmonies #how

Most people didn't have the bandwidth to download whole albums. And so it brought back this cherry picking idea that the audience would focus on certain songs and possibly be the impetus behind what eventually got on AM radio: the single or whatever. ↗

— Todd Rundgren

#am #audience #back #bandwidth #behind

I think with any songwriter the first 1,000 songs are always terrible. ↗

— Graham Russell

#any #first #i #i think #songs

I'm a big fan of simplicity, especially with songs and I try not to make them complicated. I just make them simple and let people absorb that message themselves. That's my theory. ↗

— Graham Russell

#big #big fan #complicated #especially #fan

We sing songs about love because we love the people we sing our songs to! ↗

— Graham Russell

#because #love #our #people #sing